| Maria Oakey Dewing is best known as a painter of nature, outdoor flowerbeds, and floral arrangements. She was born in New York City in 1845, and was 17 years old when she began painting. She studied at the Cooper Union School of Design for Women from 1866 to 1871, and at the National Academy of Design from 1871 to 1875. She studied briefly under William Morris Hunt, in Boston, and Thomas Couture, in Paris. In the late 1860s she associated with the inner circle of New York (showing 500 of 10339 characters). |
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